<p>Dehradun: With an uptick in COVID-19 cases in some states and detection of the first case of its sub variant JN.1 in the country, the Uttarakhand government has issued an advisory to all districts to keep a tab on the situation and strictly adhere to prevention guidelines.</p><p>However, no case of JN.1 sub variant of the coronavirus has been detected in the state so far, Health Secretary R Rajesh Kumar said.</p>.<p>Still, all districts have been asked to strictly follow the operational guidelines for revised surveillance strategy in context of COVID-19, he said.</p>.<p>The advisory issued on Tuesday asked district medical authorities to monitor influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illness (SARI).</p>.JN.1 a Covid-19 'variant of interest', but poses 'low' risk: WHO.<p>Influenza and Covid tests of ILI and SARI patients should be conducted and their detalis entered into the Integrated Health Information Platform portal, it said.</p>.<p>All hospitals should be readied in terms of arrangements for Covid management, the advisory said.</p><p>Awareness should also be created among people for respiratory hygiene, it said.</p>.<p>India's first JN.1 case was detected in a sample taken from a 79-year-old woman in Kerala with mild symptoms on December 8. Earlier, a traveller from Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli district was found to be infected with the JN.1 variant in Singapore.</p>
<p>Dehradun: With an uptick in COVID-19 cases in some states and detection of the first case of its sub variant JN.1 in the country, the Uttarakhand government has issued an advisory to all districts to keep a tab on the situation and strictly adhere to prevention guidelines.</p><p>However, no case of JN.1 sub variant of the coronavirus has been detected in the state so far, Health Secretary R Rajesh Kumar said.</p>.<p>Still, all districts have been asked to strictly follow the operational guidelines for revised surveillance strategy in context of COVID-19, he said.</p>.<p>The advisory issued on Tuesday asked district medical authorities to monitor influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illness (SARI).</p>.JN.1 a Covid-19 'variant of interest', but poses 'low' risk: WHO.<p>Influenza and Covid tests of ILI and SARI patients should be conducted and their detalis entered into the Integrated Health Information Platform portal, it said.</p>.<p>All hospitals should be readied in terms of arrangements for Covid management, the advisory said.</p><p>Awareness should also be created among people for respiratory hygiene, it said.</p>.<p>India's first JN.1 case was detected in a sample taken from a 79-year-old woman in Kerala with mild symptoms on December 8. Earlier, a traveller from Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli district was found to be infected with the JN.1 variant in Singapore.</p>